sysprep and boot timeout

[R Dunn]

I had set my boot timeout to 5 seconds before I sysprepped my image. I've
read in the unattend.doc (comes with sysprep) that it resets the timeout
back to 30 after you run sysprep. Is there a setting anywhere that will
automatically kick back the timer to my pre-defined value?

I suppose I could write a vbscript that would set it upon login, but I would
much rather let sysprep handle it.

Anyone?

Thanks in advance,
Rob

 

[David Adner]

I don't believe sysprep has anything built into it to do this. We use a
script to change it back. Not ideal, but we already have other
post-restore-image scripts and processes running, so adding this wasn't
a big deal to us.

 

[qc_metal]

Hmm... thanks - I'll go ahead and write something up I guess. Is this a
direct edit to boot.ini, or is it somehow transcribed from the registry to
boot.ini?

Rob

 

[David Adner]

Just modify the file. I haven't tested it myself, but you might be able
to use the XP bootcfg.exe command. Not sure if it works with 2000,
though.

 

[R Dunn]

Yeah, it looks like bootcfg doesn't work for 2000 - d'oh! Too bad, too - it
looks like a handy exe.

I guess I'll just put together a quickie VBScript to take care of it. It
seems odd that sysprep wouldn't have this feature built-in, especially
considering that it resets it after you run it...

Thanks for your help David!

Rob